Toy gun



N. LODAHL June 8, 1954 TOY GUN Filed March 31, 1952 mm a ww mm mm v mm mm 3 mm m Patented June 8 1954 UNITED STATE PATENT OFFICE TOY GUN Nels Lodahl, Medicine: Lake, Mont. ApplicationMarch 31, 1952, Serial No. 279,653

1 Claim.

gagement with the hammer;

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved toy gun for shooting rubber bands which is of extremely simple construction so as tobe economically feasible and at the same time retain the appearance of a real gun.

A further object of this invention is to provide sight means for the gun.

With these objects. definitely in view, this invention resides in certain novel features of con- Figure 1 is a side elevational' view of the novel toy gun, which is the subject of this invention, the toy gun being illustrated with a rubber band and shown in section in order to clearly illustrate the trigger mechanism thereof;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the toy gun of Figure 1 the central portion thereof being. broken away and a rubber band positioned thereon be seen that the toy gun, which is the subject of and positioned With respect to the barrel [0 as to form a pistol resembling a well known conventional firearm.

In order that the toy gun may be utilized for shooting rubber bands It, the barrel is is provid'ed with an elongated slot It at the rear end thereof extending vertically therethrough. Rotatably mounted on a pin [3 extending transarms 22 of the hammer 2b.

It will benoted that the hook member 24 has been illustrated in the form of a conventional nail driven outwardlyand forwardly through the forward end of the gun barrel It andthen bent over so as to have its end engaging in the top of the barrel. While this structure has proved to be verysatisfactory, it will be understood that thehook member Z'may be in the form of a coneluding a flat piece of metal having the shape illustrated in Figure 1 and rigidly secured to the forward endof'the barrel it.

It will benoted' that the hookrnember 2d and the rotatable hammer 29' are in longitudinal alignment and that the upper end of the arm 22 engaging with the rear end of the rubber band M is in substantially the same vertical plane as the upper end of the hook member 213 and the two members in combination form the sight for the gun.

In order to prevent the counter-clockwise r0- tation of the hammer 2b, as viewed in Figure 1, the barrel it of the toy gun is provided with a hammer stop 3&3. The hammer stop 30 is disbore 32 in the barrel l0 which is positioned in vertical alignment with the handle l2 and communicates with the elongated slot l6 at the rear of the barrel l8. Concentric with the enlarged bore 32 is a smaller bore 34 which communicates therewith and extends forwardly therefrom. The forward end of the smaller bore 34 communicates with a rectangular trigger receiving slot 36 in the barrel IB adjacent its forward inner section with the handle 12 and opening downwardly through the bottom of the barrel l5. Disposed within the smaller bore 34 and extending into the trigger receiving slot 35 is an elongated shaft 38 integral with the hammer stop 33. Carried by the elongated shaft 38 and disposed in the enlarged bore 32 is a. coil Spring 45 which engages against the forward end of the enlarged bore 32 and against the forward face of the hammer stop 36 to urge the same rearwardl into engagement with one of the arms 22 of the rotatable hammer 28. It will be noted that the novel position of the hammer stop 38 is partially within the enlarged bore 32 and partially within the elongated slot to at the rear of the barrel and underlying one of the arms 22. in order to prevent counter-clockwise rotation of the rotatable hammer 2E) to release the rubber band M from its vertically extending arm 22 associated therewith.

Mounted within the trigger receiving slot 36 is a vertically extending trigger 42 which is generally U-shaped in cross section and formed of a single sheet of metal bent to that shape. As is best illustrated in Figure 3, the upper end of the trigger 42 tapers rearwardly as at 44 and the trigger 42 is of reduced width in the area of the tapered portion. The trigger 42 includes a pair of spaced parallel side walls 46 having aligned apertures 48 therein through which is received a pivot pin 50 carried by the barrel l9 and extending through the trigger receiving slot 36. In order that the trigger 42 may be operatively connected to the hammer stop 30, the forward end of the elongated shaft 38 is provided with an elongated slot 52 extending vertically therethrough and receiving the upper tapered end of the trigger 42.

When the lower end of the trigger 42 is moved rearwardly in response to the trigger finger (not shown) of a person utilizing a gun, the upper tapered end of the trigger 42 is moved forwardly and at the same time urges the shaft 38 forward. Forward movement of the shaft 38 also results in the forward movement of the hammer stop 34, which is integral therewith, against the rearward urging of the coil spring 40. When the hammer stop 3!! is moved out of engagement with its associated arm hammer 2d, the hammer is permitted to rotate due to the urging of the rubber band l4 and thereby releases same with the result that it shoots forward off the hook member 24.

When the trigger 42 is released, the entire trigger mechanism, including the trigger 42, the shaft 38 and the hammer stop are moved to their initial positions, as illustrated in Figure 1, due to the urging of the coil spring 40. The rearward movement of the hammer stop 30 is limited by engagement of the trigger 42 with a trigger stop pin 54 extending transversely of the barrel l8 and having a portion disposed within the trigger receiving slot 36. The trigger stop 54 is positioned forward of and below the pivot pin 50 22 of the rotatable and engages the forward side of the trigger 42 in order to prevent same from pivoting past a vertical position.

In order that the trigger 42 may not be accidentally tripped in order to accidentally discharge the rubber band l4, the trigger 42 is protected by a trigger guard 56 which is connected at one end by a fastener 58 to the barrel ID at the other end by a fastener 60 of the handle l2. It will be understood that the trigger guard 56 also reinforces the handle 12. The rubber bands [4 may be specially manufactured for use with the gun or may be conveniently formed out of cast off inner tubes.

The operation of this device will be understood from the foregoing description of the details thereof, taken in connection with the above recited objects and the drawings. Further description would appear to be unnecessary.

Minor modifications of the device, varying in minor details from the embodiment of the device illustrated and described herein, may be resorted to without departure from the spirit and scope of the invention, as defined in the appended claim.

Having described the invention, as new is:

A toy rubber band gun comprising an elongated barrel, an integral handle carried by said barrel intermediate the ends thereof, said barrel having a rear portion disposed rearwardly of said handle, a longitudinal slot in said rear portion opening vertically through said barrel, a longitudinally extending bore in said barrel communicating with said longitudinal slot, a vertical slot in said barrel forwardly of said handle, said vertical slot opening downwardly through said barrel and communicating with said bore, a first pin extending transversely of said longitudinal slot in the upper portion thereof, a rotatable hammer having a plurality of radially extending arms, said hammer being rotatably mounted within said longitudinal slot on said first pin, a shaft extending through said bore, said shaft having an axis passing below said first pin, said bore having an enlarged rear portion, an enlarged hammer stop carried by said shaft and being disposed partially in said enlarged rear portion and partially in said longitudinal slot, a spring carried by said shaft and mounted in said enlarged rear portion urging said hammer stop into the path of said arms, a second pin extending transversely of said vertical slot, a vertically extending trigger pivotally mounted on said second pin, a vertical slot in a forward end of said shaft, said trigger having an upper end passing through said slot whereby when said trigger is pulled said shaft is moved forwardly through said bore and said hammer stop is moved forwardly into said enlarged rear portion and out of the path of said arms.

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